Vancouver-bred electro rising star Claire Boucher, a.k.a. Grimes, had some choice words on Twitter for her former hometown (she now lives in Montreal) after the recent announcement regarding East Vancouver establishment Waldorf Hotel‘s closure to make way for new condos.
Boucher also provided a link to a petition urging Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson to act in order to save the hotel, which had become a staple of the Vancouver cultural ... Read More …

GRIMES
Oct. 17
Commodore Ballroom
(Photo: Christopher Edmonstone – edmonstonephotography.com / thesnipenews.com)
VANCOUVER — Claire Boucher wasn’t about to miss out on her homecoming opportunity, even if that meant ignoring doctors’ orders.
Just hours before her highly anticipated appearance at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, where the rising 24-year-old electro artist known as Grimes was born and raised before transplanting herself in Montreal, Boucher announced she was cancelling a few Canadian tour dates due ... Read More …